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Lady runners take on Michigan

By Steve Slivka · Friday, Jan. 16,2004 12:18 a.m.

The IU women's track and field team begins the 2004 season with high expectations this weekend as the Hoosiers take on Michigan. After losing 13 runners to graduation, the Hoosier's season began to look slow, but the appointment of Randy Heisler as the director of track and field in August and Heisler's signing of three in-state sprinters in December have brought the program back up to speed.

Hoosiers start season off against Notre Dame

By Dan Click · Friday, Jan. 16,2004 12:17 a.m.

After starting the season traveling throughout the Midwest playing in fall tournaments, the No. 51 Hoosiers will begin the regular season by facing the No. 49 Notre Dame Fighting Irish at noon, Saturday at the IU Tennis Center. The Hoosiers will look to continue their success against the Irish, as last year they traveled up to South Bend and defeated Notre Dame, 4-3.

Home never seemed so good for IU

By Ryan Cost and Ryan J. Cost · Friday, Jan. 16,2004 12:16 a.m.

The women's basketball team gets the privilege of returning home this weekend for a match-up with Northwestern on Sunday. Assembly Hall has been a stranger to the Hoosiers in recent weeks. IU has played just one home game since Dec. 22, a 60-39 rout of Wisconsin on Jan. 8. In that same frame, the Hoosiers have trekked to four different schools, including last night's contest at Iowa. Needless to say, the team is eager to return.

N'wstrn Wildcats no pushover

By Alex Hickey · Friday, Jan. 16,2004 12:15 a.m.

Most IU fans were probably more than a little relieved to see the Big Ten home schedule open with Northwestern at Assembly Hall. It's easy to think a home date with the Wildcats means certain victory, as it has every year since 1969. That's before there even was an Assembly Hall.

on the SIDELINES

By Alyson Brodsy · Friday, Jan. 16,2004 12:14 a.m.

Colts fans line up for free posters INDIANAPOLIS -- Hundreds of Indianapolis Colts fans lined up at Circle Centre Mall on Thursday to pick up free posters being handed out by the football team. Colts cheerleaders were also on hand to autograph the posters, which featured a photo of quarterback Peyton Manning in action.

Title game to be a battle of giants

By Alyson Brodsy and Dave Goldberg · Friday, Jan. 16,2004 12:12 a.m.

FOXBORO, Mass. -- Here's how the Colts and Patriots stack up for Sunday's AFC Championship game. WHEN THE COLTS HAVE THE BALL This is the matchup likely to decide the game. Peyton Manning (18), the NFL's co-MVP this season, has been near-perfect in playoff wins over Denver and Kansas City, posting a 156.9 passer rating. He has eight touchdown passes with no interceptions and has spread the ball around to Reggie Wayne (87) and Brandon Stokley (83), as well as to his favorite target, Marvin Harrison (88). Edgerrin James (32) has averaged 101.5 yards on the ground as Indianapolis has scored 79 points. But the Colts haven't faced a defense like New England's, which allowed just one touchdown in its final six home games. The Patriots often have most of their front seven stand near the line of scrimmage to disguise the defense.

In-state rival visits IU

By Jeff Fuldauer · Friday, Jan. 16,2004 12:10 a.m.

After a grueling road trip against the Division I Arizona Icecats, the IU Hockey team returns to the ice this weekend with two games against in-state and conference rival Purdue. Despite losing one game and tying another, the Hoosiers outplayed Arizona in front of more than 3,000 fans, who were treated to a closer contest than most expected. Offensive play from freshman forward Richard Young and sophomore forward Reed Schafer put the pressure on the Icecats, while freshman goalie Sam Veith tallied an impressive 33 and 38 saves in Friday and Saturday's games, respectively.

Jackson draws media circus

By Alyson Brodsy · Thursday, Jan. 15,2004 11:26 p.m.

SANTA MARIA, Calif. -- The world press descended in full force Thursday on the normally quiet Santa Maria Valley, setting up mini TV studios with satellite dishes to beam news around the globe when pop star Michael Jackson is arraigned on child molestation charges.

This means war

By Patrice Worthy and Patricia Worthy · Thursday, Jan. 15,2004 11:26 p.m.

For some reason, fashion seems to bring out the dark side in people. A person can be a designer making beaucoup money, a model that looks perfect 24 hours a day or a consumer that has the right outfit and will carry the "no one can touch me" attitude. Fashion people are notorious for being high browed, snooty and nasty people. During my short time in the fashion industry, I have come across a lot of people.

Life is a Cabaret at the BPP

By Liv Cole · Thursday, Jan. 15,2004 11:24 p.m.

Life is a cabaret. This is a phrase that many are familiar with, hailing from the musical with the same title. This weekend, audiences can watch a new cabaret, "Candy & Friends," at the Bloomington Playwrights Project. The show is produced by Candace Decker who performs several times throughout the year at the BPP in various cabarets.

It's all Java to me

By Scott Gorsky and Scott J. Gorsky · Thursday, Jan. 15,2004 11:08 p.m.

When I registered for spring semester classes my junior year, I thought it would be a good idea to take a computer programming course. My older sister told me on several occasions she would have majored in computer science if she could do it all over again. I thought she knew what she was talking about. If taking an introductory computer programming class doesn't sound wholly unreasonable to you, please take a moment to look at my byline where it tells you what my majors are. Go ahead, I'll wait. That's right -- English and history.

The five-month summer

By Cameron Thibos · Thursday, Jan. 15,2004 11:06 p.m.

In a world monopolized by economic woes, national security and sex scandals, education is usually a topic that gets swept under the rug. However, with the democratic primaries just around the corner, education has managed to grab some of the spotlight.

Initiative to vaccinate 250 million children by 2005

By Alyson Brodsy and Naomi Koppel · Thursday, Jan. 15,2004 11:05 p.m.

GENEVA -- Health ministers from six countries where polio is still endemic announced plans at the World Health Organization Thursday to immunize 250 million children during 2004 and wipe out the final reservoirs of the disease.

In defense of the bullies

By Jonathan Blanks · Thursday, Jan. 15,2004 11:04 p.m.

A bi-partisan alliance in the Indiana State Senate is proposing legislation to curb bullying and violence in Indiana public schools. The front page article in Monday's Herald-Times outlined the bill which "creates a statutory definition of bullying, sets up an outreach and training program for educators, issues guidelines that call for schools to include a ban on bullying in their policies and requires schools to have 'safe school committees' as a part of their school improvement efforts."

Playing for keeps

By Alyson Brodsy · Thursday, Jan. 15,2004 11:03 p.m.

College athletics have forever been the last line of amateurism in sports. It's the last chance for athletes to play for pride and bragging rights. It's a time when the name across their chests means more than the name on the back of their jerseys.

Convicted killer appeals sentence

By Alyson Brodsy · Thursday, Jan. 15,2004 11 p.m.

NEW ALBANY, Ind. -- A former state trooper convicted of killing his wife and two children planned to appeal his 195-year prison sentence, claiming that prosecutors built their case on his character rather than the evidence against him. Testimony regarding David Camm's character was so damaging that it made it impossible for jurors to give him a fair trial, said his attorney, Stacy Uliana of Bloomington.

Hundreds protest Bush visit to King's tomb, police arrest 2

By Alyson Brodsy · Thursday, Jan. 15,2004 10:56 p.m.

ATLANTA -- Hundreds of people pushed past Secret Service barricades Thursday to protest President Bush's visit to the tomb of Martin Luther King Jr. on what would have been the civil rights leader's 75th birthday. Two people were arrested as the protesters pushed toward the street in front of King's tomb, abandoning a designated area several hundred yards away.

Bomb injures 15 in Pakistan

By Alyson Brodsy · Thursday, Jan. 15,2004 10:56 p.m.

KARACHI, Pakistan -- A car bomb exploded outside of a Christian Bible society in southern Pakistan Thursday, leaving 15 people injured and damaging the wall of a nearby church, officials said. The attack in the port city of Karachi occurred after police received an anonymous phone warning that the Pakistan Bible Society would be targeted, police said. Shortly after the officers arrived, assailants in a car drove up and lobbed a small explosive device at them.

Superstition helps Kline perform

By Natalie A. Trout · Thursday, Jan. 15,2004 1:01 a.m.

There's one ritual sophomore forward Sean Kline does before every game. He puts on his socks. But not just any socks. Kline wears the same pair, every game. "If you have a good game in a pair of socks, that's supposed to be good luck," Kline said. "So I stay with the same socks." The 6 foot 8 inch Huntington, Ind. native was redshirted his freshman year at IU and is now in his second season of playing. Kline's superstitious socks may have helped him average 8.1 points a game and start in IU's first 12 games this season. The team is currently 7-6 overall and 1-1 in Big Ten play.

Steel Sensation

By Claire Blaustein · Thursday, Jan. 15,2004 1 a.m.

The IU Steel Pan Ensemble, led by percussion graduate student Pat Hernly, is the newest addition to the roster of ensembles at the IU School of Music. While it is common on campus to see graduate students teaching or assisting classes, it is unusual for them to develop their own program. But it was Hernly's interest in teaching and love of the steel drum that inspired him to do just that.